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Posts from ‘May, 2010’

Networking sites: Now made in Pakistan

The Pakistan Courts have finally lifted the ban on Facebook. But for the 2.5 million users in Pakistan, Facebook is decidedly out of favour.

Black Friday for India and Pakistan

It’s been a bloody Friday for both India and Pakistan. While two Pakistani mosques were attacked by militants, its neighbour India faced the deadliest Maoist attack ever.

Jesus: dead or alive?

Long before Dan Brown ever dragged the idea into the global imagination, there were theories that Jesus did not in fact die on the cross. It’s a theory that challenges one of the central tenets of Christianity - without His death, there would be no resurrection and without that - well, no miracle on which to found a major religion.

Why is India still hungry?

Hunger should be a thing of the past in India. I mean, the kind of real endemic swollen-belly, no-energy kind of hunger that I remember seeing on the streets of Bombay in the 70’s.

 
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Mangalore crash- A tragedy that could have been averted

My father is a frequent flier and generally, a calm one. But Mangalore airport has always terrified him. And now his fears have been justified. It’s the airport that will be forever linked to one of the worst crashes India has seen.